CREDO has been around for awhile. They're a division of Working Assets, a company that sells "socially conscious" credit cards, wireless service and long-distance phone services. The money is then funneled off into various political causes. It's a sort of money-laundering scheme.
Working Assets, was founded by Larry Litvak. In 2008, they gave $48,650 to the Brady Campaign.
Litvak is also on the Board of Directors for the Tides Foundation, a tax-exempt management group that handles "donor advised" donations, tax-deductible and completely anonymous donations. They manage the money and funnel it into various "causes," one of which has been the Violence Policy Center.
Their assets totalled $145,459,750 as of 2004.
Managing Director Danica Remy worked for Michael Milken as Vice President of Knowledge Universe.
Senator Leahy is a spokesman and former aide for the Environmental Working Group, which is chaired by Drummond Pike, one of the founders of the Tides Foundation.
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